NGC 3532 (Caldwell 91), [8] also commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster, [9][10][11][8] Football Cluster, [12][13] the Black Arrow Cluster, [14] or the Wishing Well Cluster, [4][5][6][7] is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth [2] in the constellation Carina.

Mar 5, 2023 · The Wishing Well Cluster (NGC 3532) is a bright open cluster located 1,321 light-years away in the constellation Carina. With an apparent magnitude of 3, it is one of the finest telescope targets in the southern sky.

Nov 26, 2014 · NGC 3532 is a bright open cluster located some 1,300 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (The Keel of the ship Argo). It is informally known as the Wishing Well Cluster, as it resembles scattered silver coins which have been dropped into a well.

May 4, 2022 · NGC 3532 is a fabulous open cluster in the constellation Carina the Keel that sits in a gorgeous star field 4.7° south-southwest of magnitude 3.9 Pi (π) Centauri.

NGC 3532 is a Open Cluster in the Carina constellation. NGC 3532 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 3, NGC 3532 is visible to the naked eye under a clear and dark sky, or with the help of a small binocular.

Apr 2, 2024 · NGC 3532, also known as the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster situated in the southern hemisphere. It is located in the constellation Carina approximately 405 parsecs from Earth (Robichon et al., 2005). It is classified as an intermediate age cluster with an age of 300 Myr (Fritzewski et al., 2021). Concerning its history of being ...

Nov 28, 2014 · NGC 3532, also known as Caldwell 91, the Wishing Well Cluster or Football Cluster, lies in the constellation Carina, some 1,300 light-years from the Sun. Discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752, the cluster is easily seen with the naked eye from the southern hemisphere.

NGC 3532 better known as the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open star cluster in the constellation of Carina. The cluster shows many blue O and B Type stars, but also some red giant stars. When the Hubble Space Telescope had it´s first light in 1990, …

NGC 3532 (Caldwell 91), also commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster, the Black Arrow Cluster, or the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth in the constellation Carina. Its population of approximately 150 stars of 7th magnitude or fainter includes seven red giants and seven white dwarfs.

NGC 3532 (Caldwell 91), also commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster, the Black Arrow Cluster and the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth in the constellation Carina.